TOLERANCING FORM DEVIATIONS FOR ROCKWELL DIAMOND INDENTERS
Abstract
The form deviations of Rockwell diamond indenters can cause significant differences in Rockwell hardness readings. In order to control that effect, tolerances for form error deviations of Rockwell diamond indenters have been specified in both the American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standards. In this paper, experimental data on the effects of form deviations of Rockwell indenters are analyzed. Finite Element Analysis (FEA) is used to simulate the effect of form deviations on HRC readings. Theoretical analyses are verified by experimental results. Based on these results, as manufacturing and measurement techniques for Rockwell diamond indenters improve, it is suggested that a tighter tolerance be specified for the form deviations of Rockwell indenters used for calibrations of reference blocks.
Event details
- Event
- Joint International Conference on Force, Mass, Torque, Hardness and Civil Engineering Metrology in the age of globalization
- Technical Committee
- TC5
- Place
- Celle, GERMANY
- Time
- 24 September 2002 - 26 September 2002